Bonjour PDF,
The economic issues you brought up (ie population weighting) are all included in the proportions mod.
Four major mods (TDM, P&N, Devnull & Proportions) are compared in
this recent thread.
S_J's file should work in the standard game. It will probably work in other mods, too, but it could severely disrupt the balance of some mods.
I think that will answer most of your questions, but if it doesn't just keep asking=-)
[ 23 April 2002: Message edited by: dogscoff ]